It was as if he hadn’t expected the girl to refuse him.
Qin Yu stood there, stunned.
She still looked gentle and charming, but the dependence she had shown on him earlier was gone.
In an instant, the storm of frustration and madness in his heart caused his body to tense sharply.
Yet, even so, he didn’t think to take the jacket from Mrs. Wen’s hands.
He didn’t want to touch something someone else had handled.
Seeing Qin Yu remain motionless, Wen Wu sighed and stepped forward.
She took the jacket from her mother and moved a few steps closer to the man.
Her delicate, charming face tilted up toward the broad, imposing figure before her.
Her eyes were full of dark, unreadable emotion.
She lifted her slender, fair hands.
She didn’t speak a word.
Yet the man took it from her, showing his usual double standard.
The movement, the manner—it even made Mrs. Wen, usually composed and elegant, momentarily dumbfounded.
Once Qin Yu had the jacket, Wen Wu walked away with her mother gracefully, leaving him standing alone, his expression dark and brooding.
After Wen Wu and her mother returned to the hall, the earlier incident was already over.
Many ladies and young ladies, seeing Wen Wu descend, came forward to check if she was all right.
She responded to each of them with gentle composure.
Su Ruan had been harshly sent outside by the supervisor.
Outside the banquet hall, she grabbed the male attendant who had forced her out.“Why are you firing me?” she demanded.“I already apologized to Miss Wen!”“Even if they are rich and powerful, they can’t bully people like this!”
Her eyes burned with indignation. She thought everyone was overreacting.
It was just a dress.
She hadn’t done it on purpose.
If anyone were to blame, it should be Qin Yu.
Why was everything being pinned on her?
The male attendant looked at Su Ruan as if she were insane.
It wasn’t intentional.
From afar, he had seen Miss Wen walking carefully while Su Ruan kept her head down, blindly bumping into her.
Seeing the gentle and beautiful young lady almost fall, he couldn’t help but step forward to support her.
Witnessing this gentle girl get hurt, the attendant was full of contempt for Su Ruan.
He ignored her unreasonable complaints, shook off her hand, and left without looking back.
Su Ruan, seeing the judging eyes of everyone passing by, felt as if she were standing naked before them.
Suppressing her anger and humiliation, she hurriedly hailed a cab and left, not even considering the nearly 100 yuan fare to her small apartment.
She just wanted to get away.
The Wen family’s banquet was held at a hotel.
Their mansion could easily accommodate it, but the mother and daughter didn’t like hosting too many people at home.
Naturally, Wen Cheng listened to them and chose a luxury hotel under their family’s brand.
Because the evening ended late, Wen Cheng and Mrs. Wen returned to the mansion, while Wen Wu, feeling tired, stayed in the top-floor suite.
In her room, she sat on the sofa, exhausted.
Her heart condition had always been a problem.
It had been more serious in her childhood, so she spent many years abroad recuperating.
Her condition couldn’t be treated with surgery—no matter how advanced the medical technology, she could easily die on the operating table.
So all her life, she had relied on medication.
Her dedicated medical team had spent years developing drugs to mostly control her heart.
Over time, she had developed some resistance to the medicine, which caused occasional fatigue and palpitations.
But she never told her parents, so as not to worry them unnecessarily.
After resting a while, Wen Wu felt fine, took her medicine, and walked slowly to the bathroom.
The suite was lavish.
Even the wet/dry separated bathroom was luxurious beyond reason.
She raised her slender hands and unzipped the back of her gown.
The smooth, silky dress slid down her delicate body.
Her sculpted collarbones, long swan neck, and firm, elegant curves were breathtaking.
She sank into the bathtub filled with comfortably warm water, closing her eyes and relaxing.
Her mind replayed the events of seeing the male lead earlier that evening.
The next day.
In a suburban estate, in the master bedroom:
White curtains swayed gently in the breeze.
The spacious bedroom, cold and pristine like a showpiece, was dominated by black-and-white tones, reflecting the owner’s cold and merciless nature.
The handsome but fierce man sat quietly on the edge of the bed.
A closer look revealed tension and anticipation in his eyes.
His usually gloomy and cold expression had vanished.
His gaze, full of obsession, clung to the fragile figure on the bed.
On the wide black bed lay a luminous figure, sleeping soundly.
Her delicate face was flushed from sleep.
Dressed in a black robe, Qin Yu sat silently, thinking of this soft girl on the bed he usually rested in.
She was covered with the blanket he had used, and his scent enveloped her.
The thought that they had already shared skin contact made his Adam’s apple move, and desire slowly crept into his dark eyes.
His body tensed painfully, breathing deepened.
Realizing this, Qin Yu awkwardly went to the bathroom.
The sound of running water followed, accompanied by sexy, husky moans.
Almost an hour later, Qin Yan came out of the bathroom.
From last night until now, Qin Yu had lost count of how many cold showers he had taken to control his desire.
After calming himself, he dried his black hair and stepped out.
His black eyes caught sight of the girl on the bed.
“Slap.”
The towel in his hand fell to the ground.
The cold, distant gaze he usually wore now showed rare panic.
Even his pale face carried a faint blush.
Last night, under the influence of his dark desires, Qin Yu had taken her from her sleep and brought her to his home.
He had placed her on his bed and sat quietly all night, shamelessly observing her in the darkness.
A voice in his head whispered: “Since you like her, sleep holding her.”
This was a treasure he had stolen back—he wanted to cherish it.
But his actions revealed his hesitation.
He didn’t dare touch her delicate skin, fearing he would lose control.
So Qin Yu sat foolishly in his room all night, taking multiple cold showers to calm himself.
Watching the girl’s unreadable expression on the bed, he hesitated to approach.
He didn’t know how Wen Wu would react to being stolen:Would she curse him? Panic and run?
He had already thought it through the night before.
No matter the reaction, he would not let her go.
She was his.
A treasure he had finally discovered in the vast sea of people.
Even if it cost his life, he would never release her.